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Old 03-14-2015, 12:36 AM
 
Location: In the Silver State of Nevada in Las Vegas NV
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Please do not put drano or liquid plumber down any drains where the water can back up and splash you or come up and burn you. Use the old fashion way before the chemicals were introduced and that is a box of baking powder and lots of vinegar let it bubble and eat and loosen the crud then plunge the drain you will be amazed at what comes back up especially in a kitchen or bathroom sink.
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Old 03-14-2015, 02:53 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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I repeat. The only way sewer gas can enter through a sink is if:
1) There is no trap
2) The trap is dry
3) There is a problem with the vent and usually that would be a vent under the counter. A clogged through-the-roof vent will cause a slow running drain and in the case of a double sink, will pull the water out of the other trap.
It's not necessarily sewer gas. Stuff gets trapped in there and the bacteria from that smells like sewer gas. Could be like you sid, but mine was the latter, and I "fixed" it by following a plumber's advice on YouTube by pouring Liquid Plumber Gel in the drain a couple of times.
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Old 03-14-2015, 11:37 AM
 
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Please do not put drano or liquid plumber down any drains where the water can back up and splash you or come up and burn you. Use the old fashion way before the chemicals were introduced and that is a box of baking powder and lots of vinegar let it bubble and eat and loosen the crud then plunge the drain you will be amazed at what comes back up especially in a kitchen or bathroom sink.

That's how I keep my disposal from smelling. I do the vinegar and baking soda treatment once a month.
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Old 03-14-2015, 12:00 PM
 
Location: Summerlin, NV
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I have been using a product called Glisten Disposer Care once a week in my disposer. I use it once a week and seems to do a good job on cleaning and keeping the disposer fresh smelling.
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Old 03-16-2015, 01:59 AM
 
Location: Las vegas
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Thanks everyone for the replies and tips. I knew I could count on city-data. I will just buy Glisten Disposer Care at walmart and use that once a week as suggested.

Thanks again
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Old 08-14-2015, 08:40 PM
 
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my kitchen sink got some stain that's hard to clean off around the corner, probably accumulation of hard water and food stain drying off day after day. what's a good scrub or cleaning spray to use for those?
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Old 08-14-2015, 10:59 PM
 
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It happened to my dad when his pipe collapsed. It was part of the big lawsuit against a certain pipe company.

For routine odors, I just run bleach down the drain along with hot water.
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Old 08-15-2015, 12:16 PM
 
Location: Silicon Valley
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my kitchen sink got some stain that's hard to clean off around the corner, probably accumulation of hard water and food stain drying off day after day. what's a good scrub or cleaning spray to use for those?
Most sink materials shouldn't hold a stain. Is it possible that you have an old porcelain enamel over cast iron sink, and the porcelain is wearing off? If that happens it can get stained. A weak acid will clean it off, but to fix the problem you have to replace the sink.

There is some product they sell at the big box stores that is a combination of a weak acid and nylon scrubber, for temporarily making stained sinks look better. It comes in a tall box with a square cross-section. I couldn't find it online, otherwise I'd have posted a link.
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Old 08-15-2015, 03:56 PM
 
Location: Not far from Fairbanks, AK
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You don't have to pour bleach into the sink to kill the smell. Just turn the water to a trickle on one side of the sink, then pour in about a cup of baking soda, followed by a cup of vinegar. Then do the same with the other side of the sink. If you want an easier way to do this, buy some of the numerous garbage disposal disinfecting pads sold at the stores in town.

Now, more than likely the OP is referring to "sewer smell." This smell is present for the following reasons:

a. The sink's trap, or another trap (s) around the house, is dry. In this case, if the kitchen fan or any other fans, clothes dryer, boiler, AC (any appliance that vents air out of the house) is turned on, the sewer gas is pulled into the kitchen, or any other place around the house where one of the traps is dry.

b. When the drain vent pipes are blocked. The drain pipes throughout the house are supposed to be vented outdoors via pipes that are routed through the attic and roof. If such vents are omitted by the plumbers during construction of the house, sewer gas can be present in the house.

Finally, if a negative air pressure (more air vented out of the house than air coming into the house) is present in the house when all the doors and windows are closed, sewer gas will be pulled out the sinks or floor drains once one of the traps is dry.

There are numerous articles and videos, some in "youtube.com," that point at the causes of sewer gas in one's home.

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Old 08-15-2015, 08:34 PM
 
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I was only advised to leave a couple of chopped lemon in the sink with the garbage disposal drainage.
Have the garbage disposal removed and stop putting food down your drain. The smell will go away immediately.
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